Basket.



A. J CARLTON.

BASKET.

PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7.1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

ANDRE? J. CARLTON, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, 'ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOMRS. AMSELLE L. COFFEE, OF ROGKYCREEK, GEORGIA.

BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

Application filed September 7,1905. Serial No. 277.371.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDRE\V J. CARLTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee,have invented new and useful Improvements in Baskets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention has relation, broadly and generally, to new and usefulimprovements in receptacles of the type generally designated baskets,and the primary object is to provide a receptacle of the charactermentioned which will be well adapted for all uses to which suchreceptacles are put, but which will be especially adapted for the use ofcotton-pickers to receive the picked cotton.

Further objects are to provide a basket which will be simple andinexpensive in construction, strong and durable in use, and light inweight.

The invention consists in the improved basket, which will be fullydescribed hereinafter and the novelty of which will be particularlypointed out-and distinctly claimed.

I have fully and clearly illustrated my invention in the drawings, to betaken as a part of this specification, and wherein Figure 1 is a view inelevation of a series of panels of wire fabric, from which the basket isto be made. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the completed basket. Fig. 3 isan inverted plan view of the bottom of the basket. Fig. 4 is a sideelevation of the completed basket. Fig. 5 is a plan view of one of theclamps for securing adjacent strands of the fabric together. Fig. 6 is aplan view of the clamp in position on the strands to secure the lattertogether, and Fig. 7 is a section on the line A. -B of Fig. 6.

In the drawings the reference numeral 1 indicates a strip of wirefabric, consisting of horizontal spaced runners 2, shown in the presentinstance as four in number, to which are secured vertical stays, each ofwhich comprises two strands 3, which are zigzagged oppositely to eachother so as to cross each other at points in the spaces between theirangles and between the runners, so that the angles of the Zigzags willbe adjacent to and in close engagement with the said runners. Thesestays are arranged vertically and in substantial parallel relation toeach other, with the angles of each strand of a stay closely adjacentthe corresponding angles of the strand of the next adjacent stay, and atthese points the runners and the angle portions of the two adjacentstrands are secured together by a clamp 4. This clamp is struck up froma blank of sheet metal and is formed at each of its opposite ends withspaced parallel arms 5 to engage and be bent around the adjacent strandsof the vertical stays, said clamp being also formed with a centralrecessed portion 6 to receive the runner at which the angles of thestrands meet, which runner, when the clamp is in position, extendsthrough the space between the arms 5. The lower ends of the Zigzagstrands are extended for a short distance beyond the lower runner, asshown in Fig. 1.

At its end portions the wire fabric is terminated by a vertical strand7, to which the runners and the strands comprising the stays are securedat the angle portions of said strands just described. The arms 5 at oneend of the clamp are bent around the zigzag strand, while the oppositepair of arms are bent about said vertical strand 7. From their point ofengagement with the vertical strand 7 the horizontal runners are carrieda short distance beyond the vertical end strands 7, for a purpose topresently appear.

The wire-fabric strip above described and as clearly shown in Fig. 1 isdivided into four panels 8, 9, 10, and 11, each intended to form one ofthe four walls of arectangular basket, by means of vertical U-shapedstays 12, comprising straight parallel members 13, joined at their upperends, as at 13*, which members are secured tothe horizontal runners 2and the adjacent zigzagged stays by clamps 4, as shown in Fig. 1, and ofthe form heretofore described, the runners connecting the end members 13to each other at points below the upper portions thereof.

The fabric constructed as above described is employed to form the sidewalls of the basket, and each panel is designed to form one of saidwalls, and before the fabric is shaped to form the basket I out the twolowest horizontal runners at a point between each of the verticalmembers 13, as at 15, and spread said members 13 away from each otherfrom a point above the vertical center thereof, as shown at the left ofFig. 1. The panels are then bent at an angle to each other at their endportions to form four sides of the basket, and the vertical members 13are bent so that lower ends be ore the fabric is bent to form thebasket-walls and after said walls are formed bending said members, so asto bring the diverging members together, serves to give the basket thegeneral form shown in Fi'gfllfthat is, flaring from the bottom upward.

A bottom provided for the basket is made of any suitable wire fabricsuchas shown, for instance, in Fig. 3 of the drawings. In this figure thebottom fabric consists of parallel stays 16','adjacent the opposite endsof which are cross pieoes 18, which, together with the outer stays 16,form a rectangular frame. T he frame is closed by transversely-arrangedzigzag strands 19, which cross each other, as shown,and which aresecured at their angle portions. to the stays 16 by means of sheetmetalclamps 20 of the same form. as those heretofore described and arrangedand engaging the strands and stays in substantially the same manner.

The bottom is secured in position by wrap ping the lower projecting endsof the vertical zigzag strands and the end member 13 about the parallelstays 16 and the cross-pieces 18, as at 21, which provides a very simplebut at the same time efiective means for uniting the bottom to the sidewalls of the basket. The projecting ends of the strands comprising thebottomi of the basket are adapted to be turned inwardly in any suitablemanner to conceal said ends from view. The side walls of the basket andthe bottom thereof are lined; by a textile-fabric lining 22 to preventthe contents of the basket from sifting through the openings in thebasket; but this lining may, if desired, be omitted.

While I have shown and described a basket having four walls, so as to besubstantially rectangular in horizontal cross-section, I desire it to beunderstood that I do not limit myself to the exact form of the inventionas I shown, as it is obvious that by varying the number of panels thenumber of walls to the basket may be likewiseyaried, so as toialter theform thereoff.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A basket comprising a wall of sections disposed'at an angle to eachother and having their lower portions turned inwardly, said sectionsmade from panels of wire fabric comprising horizontal runners andverticallydisposed stays, said stays each consisting of zigzagged andoverlapping strands, cornerstays of vertical parallel strands to securethe sections to each other at their end portions.

2. A basket comprising a bottom, and a wall in sections, said sectionsdisposed at an angle to each other and inwardly toward said bottom, eachsection made from a panel of wire fabric comprising horizontal runners.and vertical stays, said runners connecting the sections, said staysconsisting of oppositely zigzagged and overlapping strands, the angleportions of the strands of one stay being located adjacent the angleportions of a strand of another stay, said angle portions being locatedadjacent the runners, means for securing the angle portions and therunners together, and inverted corner-stays of parallel strands tosecure the panels to each other at their end portions.

3.. A basket comprising a bottom and a wall, said wall comprisingsections disposed at an angle to each other and having their lowerportions turned inwardly toward said bottom, said sections and bottommade from panels of wire fabric comprising horizontal runners andvertical stays, each consisting of oppositely zigzagged strands whichcross each other at points between their angles, the

angles of the strands being in alinement and located at the runners,inverted-U-shaped stays to secure the sections together and means forsecuring the strands and runners together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ANDREW J. CARLTON.

Witnesses:

OI-IAs. B. KING, E. R. INGRAM.

